Journalists’ Roundtable: Kari Lake, citizenship glitch and more

It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another edition of Journalists’ Roundtable. This week, we were joined by Mark Brodie of KJZZ, Wayne Schutsky of KJZZ and Mary Jo Pitzl of “The Arizona Republic.”

This week’s Journalists’ Roundtable topics included:

• Kari Lake interview on “Horizon”
• Lake attacks Gallego family history
• Lake vs. Gallego debate
• More voters found in citizenship glitch
• Recording of how to handle glitch
• Horne misleads lawmakers

Kari Lake’s interview on “Arizona Horizon”

Wayne Schutsky: “I think the main issue that alienated everyone was the election denialism issue, and she’s staked out her position on that. Maybe she is moderating her language in terms of saying there were problems with the election versus screaming fraud. It’s ultimately, she staked out the same position, and I think that is the major issue that alienated a lot of independents and even moderate Republicans who split tickets last time around and might do so again.”

Mary Jo Pitzl: “She’s saying some of the same things, but on the big issue du jour, abortion, as we heard last night, she is basically saying what I think doesn’t matter because this is now a state decision. The voters will decide in November what Arizona’s abortion policy should be.”

Lake attacks Ruben Gallego’s family History

Schutsky: “She basically took something with a kernel of truth, which Congressman Gallego has said that his father, who was not really involved in his life, was convicted for drug dealing, and then she tried to blow it out like it was some wild conspiracy controlled by drug dealers and all that.”

Mark Brodie: “It doesn’t seem like there’s a whole lot of love lost between these two. And, the elbows, maybe that’s putting up really mildly, but yes the elbows are sharp, the TV ads are sharp, and I can’t imagine that’s going to change between now and the beginning of November.”